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Ehd-hislithr. — Maxillary palpi of imago iiiinutf. Wings narrow anil tlie veins reduced in 

 number of brandies. 

 /y(/ vcni iihr. 

 HijponoDtcutiiJw. 

 Arfij/resthida'. 

 Clhipliiptcrjiiiida'. 

 C(>leoj)liori<hr. 



I'li(tclli<l(r. 



Gahrhida: — In the pnjia of Crypiolcchia (figs. 22, 23) we have an example of the modern Piq)a 

 ohtecta, tlierc being no eyepiece (maxillary palpi) and no labial palpi visible, wliile a cremaster 

 is well developed. Both in its larval, pujial, and imaginal cliaracters 

 the transition to the Pterophorida^, Crambida', Phycida', and I'yralida^ 

 is not great, and we can thus see that these families may have 

 descended from the Tineina. 



FaDiily Talaporidw. — This group, comprising the genera S<>lenol)ia 

 and Taheporia, has evidently either directly descended from the case- 

 bearing Tineidie or the two families have had a eonimon origin. They 



form a side branch by themselves and 



are the direct ancestors of the broad 



winged, more recent Psychidas Their 



relations are shown in the genealogical 



tree at the end of this chapter. 



The imagines have, according to 



Stainton, no maxillary palpi, and the 



tongue is wanting, while the females are 



wingless. The head is broad, and in 



fact in this gnmp we lia\e, so to speak, 



Tineid l>ond>yces. The venation (tig. 



5(1) is generalized Tineid, an<l it is evi- 

 dent from a long abode in cases that the 



featnres which sejiarate the family so 



widely Irom the Tincida- are the result 



of disuse and resulting adaptation. The 



family had diverged considerably from 



the Tineid source along a i)ath which 



unmistakably ends in the l'sycliid;e. 



"Without specimens of the wingless 



female we are unable at present to compare them with those of 



the Psychida'; and we still need examples of the larva' (living 



and in alcohol) to compare with those of the Tiueids on the one 



hand and those of the Psychi(he on the other. 



The i)upa of Tahrporia pxiinlohomhyrella^ (tig. 24) has a broad 



.head, with distinct paraclypeal pieces and glazedeye-sntures. 

 The maxillary palpi {mx. p.) are large and well developed, extending under the eye from the 

 antenna' to the labi:il ])alpi, which are large, but short and very broail. The maxilla- are present, 

 but small. The abilomen bears no cremaster, but there are two terminal small spines which 

 may be the homologues of the anal-leg hooks of the pup;?, of Psychid^. The scars of the four 

 pairs of anterior abdominal legs are present, as in Psychida\ 



In 7'. conspurmtrUa (tig. 2.3) the maxilhe are much more rudimentary, and before exuviation 

 concealed by the long labial palpi {mx. p.); the maxillary palpi {mx. p.) are large and triangular. 



Fi*i. li'. — l*upa of I'ischeria tine- 

 tort'lla. 9 • 



Fig. 20. — Pupa of Tischeria marginea 

 J.', eud of body, showing spines; A^ th 

 same, side view. 



'I am greatly indebted to Dr. T. Algernon Chapman for kindly sentling nie the pupa- of the European 

 T. pseudohomhyceUa^ and pup;e, with imago, of T. con spur cat flla. For the loan of Solenohia pineii and v-ahhella, pupie- 

 and other specimens, I am indebted to the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. 



